Harvey Weinstein’s Rape Charge Retrial Scheduled for April
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After a jury in a previous retrial failed to reach a verdict on the charge, this marks the third trial for the Class E felony charge, which carries a maximum prison sentence of four years in New York
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Courts and Crime Harvey Weinstein’s Rape Charge Retrial Scheduled for April After a jury in a previous retrial failed to reach a verdict on the charge, this marks the third trial for the Class E felony charge, which carries a maximum prison sentence of four years in New York By Larisha Paul Larisha Paul Contact Larisha Paul on X View all posts by Larisha Paul March 4, 2026 After a jury in a previous retrial failed to reach a verdict on a rape charge, Harvey Weinstein will begin another retrial on April 14, per The Hollywood Reporter. The Class E felony charge, which carries a maximum sentence of four years in New York, is related to accusations from the actress Jessica Mann. In June 2025, a New York jury found Weinstein guilty on one count of a criminal sexual act during his retrial. He was also found not guilty on another count of a criminal sexual act. The rape charge resulted in a mistrial. In the initial 2020 case, Weinstein was convicted for one count of a felony sex crime and another for third-degree rape. He was sentenced to 23 years in prison. In 2024, an appeals court overturned the conviction. This time around, Weinstein will be represented by Jacob Kaplan, the attorney currently representing Luigi Mangione . He has also taken on Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos, who were part of the defense team that represented Sean “Diddy” Combs during his sex trafficking and racketeering trial . Weinstein retains his former primary attorney, Arthur Aidala, who seeks to appeal the previous guilty verdict that was handed down last year. Earlier this year, Aidala told Judge Curtis Farber in Manhattan that Weinstein would consider a plea deal in relation to the rape charge “if there was a court offer that would run concurrent” to the sentence he’s now serving.” During that same appearance, Aidala asked Farber to vacate the one criminal sexual act conviction from June, alleging a juror had claimed they felt bullied into a guilty verdict. The request was denied. Speaking direc...
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